RewardVille Is Here

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I've talked about RewardVille many times on this blog. It's finally here so now we can see first hand how it works.  Not all accounts are activated yet and you will see the usual "Thanks for dropping by!" message.

This doesn't mean you can't get started.  Look for invites from one your mafia members in the left hand column of your Facebook Home Page under App Requests.

I got an invite from Leonard Wong and was able to start using RewardVille!

To get started, sign in with Facebook connect and give the application permission to access your basic profile information.

Zynga will thank you for joining and give you a zCoin bonus. I got 10 zCoins and I'm not sure if this varies between accounts.

 Now there are 3 more things they want you to do.

They want you to "like" the Zynga RewardVille Fan Page.

Then Bookmark the RewardVille site. They can't do it for you so you have to click on the yellow star in your browser bar (or press Contol and D at the same time) and make your own. Mafia Wars players should be very good at this!

Now invite your friends to join. You can utilize 75 Facebook requests a day for RewardVille and that will include sending gifts as well.  None of these items are required but it pays to do the this one because you get zCoin bonus if 5 friends sign up.

When 5 of your friends respond to your request and sign up, you get 20 zCoins. Thanks to Vanda for sending me the image below. Even though I sent out 75 requests, only 2 people responded so far.

Now that you did everything Zynga requested of you, it's time to have fun and get some Mafia Wars loot items with your zCoins. First look on the page and click Mafia Wars to ensure you don't waste your zCoins on PetVille or some other game you don't play.

Here are all the loot items you can redeem your zCoins for.

It would be nice if they would just list the stats under the image but they are only viewable by hovering your mouse of the image. Go here to see a list of all the loot items with the stats included.

Here is a nice chart made by Sam of Sam's Corner.  He did a great job and even shows you how much more each item is worth to your stats than the current Top 8.  Click on any of the links to be directed to his site and check it out.

Item	zLevel	zCoins	Value	Value/zCoins
Concealed Holster 88 47	40	100	+14 to Toxic Gas Scrubber	.14
Persian Lion 91 30	50	130	+17 to Sea Eagle	.13
Rotero 2011 32 92	60	160	+20 to Glance 32 SR	.13
Clear Skies 87 52	50	100	+13 to Legion	.13
H9 Torque 41 89	40	120	+15 to Tainted Blades	.13
Tunnel Vision 44 90	60	140	+17 to Split Greaves	.12
HAWK Monocycle 89 37	50	120	+14 to Venemous	.12
Striped Hyena 51 88	60	120	+13 to Golden Poison Frog	.11
Armored Empire 51 92	70	200	+20 to Glance 32 SR	.10
Stretch Classic 31 78		0	+6 to Glance 32 SR	Free but we can get only 1
Carapace Jacket 48 76	30	77	+3 to Split Greaves	.04
Road Razor 77 35	30	96	+2 to Venemous	.02
Blue Dragon Helm 75 52	20	58	+1 to Toxic Gas Scrubber	.02
Copperhead 75 49	30	64	+1 to Sea Eagle	.02
King Penguin 42 76	20	72	+1 to Golden Poison Frog	.01
Silent Thunder 46 74	20	48	= to Tainted Blades	-
Grizzly Man-Eater 73 33		40	-1 to Sea Eagle	-
N7 Tomahawk 71 28		48	-1 to Glance 32 SR	-
White Knuckle Express 44 70		32	-2 to Glance 32 SR	-
Phantom Body Armor 38 71		18	-2 to Split Greaves	-
Red XIV 69 51		24	-5 to Legion	-
Emperor Scorpion 45 68		16	-7 to Golden Poison Frog	-
Other unreleased items
Jackie Frost 91 40	?	?	+17 to Toxic Gas Scrubber	?
Naughty Or Nice 90 32	?	?	+16 to Legion	?
Moose 48 89	?	?	+14 to Golden Poison Frog	?
Double-Reign Bow 76 39	?	?	+2 to Legion	?
Spinal Jacket 73 32	?	?	-1 to Toxic Gas Scrubber	-
Bisect 40 72	?	?	-2 to Tainted Blades	-

When you first sign up, you can get a Stretch Classic (31/78) for free. Click on the red "Get It" button and it's all yours.

If you to to Mafia Wars, you will see a new pop-up further explaining how RewardVille works. Get back to RewardVille by clicking on the "Visit RewardVille" button, the "Get It" link under the items shown or from the Zynga game header.

I went back and got another item.  I love how they try to be cool and say "Sweet!" every time you get a loot item. That term is a little outdated but I guess it is sweet.

If it were up to Zynga, we would have an option to tell our friends whenever we used the space bar and this is no exception. Let all of your friends know what you just did by clicking the red "Share" button and another spam post will be generated.

These spam posts aren't totally useless because your mafia can click on "Get Reward" and you can get 5 zPoints.  Notice that Facebook groups these posts so click on "See XXX more posts from Zynga" to view and open them all. There doesn't appear to be a cap at this time. Mike Nestor opened up about 20 and hasn't gotten a that's it type message. He also let Pistol Pete know that these should be added to Stream Helper. Before you get too excited, zPoints are not the same as zCoins. You can't redeem them for loot but they will help you level so that better loot is unlocked and available to you.

There is also an option to send a RewardVille Mystery Gift to your mafia. It's located on the left column of the page.

Look for your gifts under the App Request page mentioned above. Again, these gifts are zPoints and not zCoins.

You can collect 80 zPoints a day per game in RewardVille. The maximum number of zPoints you can get in a day is 300 total regardless of where they come from. Track your progress by looking at the Zynga Game Header about your Mafia Wars game (or whatever Zynga game you are playing). In Mafia Wars, you get points for doing jobs, fighting and robbing.  If you utilize your energy and stamina using scripts, you're not going to get the zPoints. It was verified that points aren't added to your total when using RepeatJob and Brawler. If you want to get your 80 zPoints a day, make sure you save 80 energy or stamina points for manual play.

Before Doing A Job

2018 zPoints
165 zCoins

 After Doing A Job

2019 zPoints
165 zCoins

You only get zCoins when you reach the next level in RewardVille. I was at Level 15 and my z-Coins stayed at 165 no matter how many jobs I did. Once the mastery bar filled, I jumped to the next level and was congratulated with a subtle drop down pop-up that didn't interfere with my game play. I was also given 15 zCoins. I'm not sure if you get more as your level increases and won't know the answer until I move up another level.

The only thing bad I can see about joining and participating in RewardVille is it gives Zynga more things to give us pop-ups for.  Plan on closing another post log in pop-up before you start playing.

To learn more about RewardVille, click on any question mark.

Zynga created a snazzy video if you are having trouble grasping the concept of what RewardVille is all about. Sorry there was no embed code so you have to click here to view it.  This link will also let you sign up if you don't have any invites.

You can also visit the the Customer Support RewardVille FAQ Page if you still don't get it.

Thanks to Mike Nestor for helping me figure all this out. I don't think I'll play the other games.  Since I play Mafia Wars everyday, I certainly won't mind getting a decent loot item every now and then for my efforts.

Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast. All material is protected by copyright law